Types of User Access

All Eduserv Chest Agreements provide access to material which may be used by any employee, student, or other person authorised by the Licensee for the purposes of the normal business of the Licensee's organisation, whether or not they are located on the Licensee's premises.

All right to become an authorised end user is determined by this wording. In each Licence Agreement, Clause 3 "Use" in Appendix A details how Product should be used.

User Access Definitions

• Use of Product
• Location and Use Permissions
  • Distance Learning
  • Remote Access within UK and Eire
  • Remote Access Overseas
  • Student Placement in Industry
  • People from Industry on Courses run for their Employer
  • Retired Members of Staff
  • Honorary Members of Staff
  • Alumni
  • Walk-in Users

Use of Product 
The product can be used by the following:

a) Teaching
b) Research
c) Personal educational development
d) Administration and management of the business of the Licensee's organisation
e) Development work associated with any of the above.

General Exclusions:

i) Consultancy or services leading to commercial exploitation of Product
ii) Work of direct benefit to the employer of students on industrial placement or part-time courses paid for by the student's employer.

In (i) and (ii) above the Licensor may allow such use in return for acknowledgement of use of Product and/or for an agreed fee.

Some agreements may have restrictions on use particularly where the Licensor (supplier) is a US registered company and the US authorities have put an embargo on certain foreign countries. Access from those countries may be denied.

LOCATION AND USE PERMISSIONS

Eduserv’s Licensing Services team regularly receive questions about location and use permissions, and so in response have produced the following categories to guide you. We talk to all suppliers about these issues on your behalf, so do check the individual agreements for specific details.

DISTANCE LEARNING:

Distance learning is any learning that takes place with the instructor and/or necessary materials geographically remote from the student. For example distance learning may occur by surface mail, video, interactive or cable TV, satellite broadcast, or any number of Internet technologies such as message boards, chat rooms, and desktop video or computer conferencing. The student may be either normally UK domiciled or permanently domiciled overseas.

Students studying via Distance Learning can be categorised as:

1. UK domiciled, UK Based, i.e. all Students resident and studying within the UK.

2. Non-UK domiciled, UK based, i.e. a Student with an overseas home address but studying within the UK.

3. UK domiciled, non-UK based, i.e. British nationals on business or studying abroad.

4. Non UK-domiciled, non-UK based. i.e. Overseas home address studying abroad.

Most licences permit such use but may be restricted to the UK and EIRE.

REMOTE ACCESS within UK and EIRE:

Access to data service and content geographically remote from the licensed institution but within the boundaries of the UK and Eire.

Most licences permit this.

REMOTE ACCESS Overseas:

Access to data service and content via a licensed institution from outside the UK and Eire.

Use may be partially restricted, for example by US authorities embargo in the case of US Licensors where there are proscribed countries.

STUDENT PLACEMENT IN INDUSTRY:

A registered student of an institution who combines academic study with periods of practical work experience. E.g. Sandwich Students.

Any use for the benefit of the students employer is specifically excluded.

PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY ON COURSES RUN FOR THEIR EMPLOYER:

Industrial placement.

Such use is specifically excluded.

RETIRED MEMBERS OF STAFF:

Former employees of a licensed institution.

Use rights terminate upon cessation of employment, except in the instance where the employee becomes a student.

HONORARY MEMBERS OF STAFF:

Persons of eminence in their field, and those who perform extraordinary meritorious service to an Institution.

Such use would be permitted except where the user was doing so in pursuit of their non-academic activity.

ALUMNI:

Graduates of an Institution.

Use should terminate upon graduation and not be permitted again unless the graduate again qualifies under the terms for employees and students.

WALK-IN USERS:
A person who is not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution but is permitted by the institution to access the secure network* via a computer or terminal within the Library premises is deemed to be an authorised user but only for the duration they are within the Library premises. Institutions that provide access to networks, and users who benefit from that access, should regard it as normal to require an individual identity.

Walk-in Users may not be given means to access the licensed work when they are not within the Library premises.

Unidentified Visitor
This term refers to a general public user who is an unknown, anonymous user not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution and who does not have remote access to resources.

Authorised Users
Currently registered students, faculty members or employees of the licensed institution who are authorised by the licensee to access the licensee's information services whether from a computer or terminal on the licensee's secure network* or off site via a secure access management system.

Authorised Users should abide by a code of conduct (e.g. our Code of Conduct) and be expected to sign an undertaking not to use the product for commercial activity.

* Secure Network shall mean a network (whether a stand alone network or a virtual network within the Internet) which is only accessible to Authorised Users whose identities are authenticated by the Institution at the time of log-in and periodically thereafter consistent with current best practice and whose conduct is subject to regulation by the Institution.

NOTE: the granting of an ATHENS Username and Password is not a right to use in itself.